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Calabar

(ˈkæləˌbɑː)

(Placename) a port in SE Nigeria, capital of Cross River state. Pop: 418 000 (2005 est)

Cal•a•bar

(ˌkæl əˈbɑr, ˈkæl əˌbɑr)

n.

a seaport in SE Nigeria. 154,000.

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THE Police Command in Cross River has arrested one Inyang Akwanyene and Ibah Edet for allegedly raping and videotaping a 23-year-old lady at a guest house in Calabar.

Police arrest two suspected rapists, others in C/River

Abuja -- The two Pakistan nationals abducted by kidnappers last week in Calabar area have been rescued by the Nigeria Police on Monday.

Two Pakistanis kidnapped in Nigeria, recovered

Originality/Value: This research work is valuable because a system of this nature has never been deployed or used in any hospital in Calabar including the UCTH, and if fully implemented and deployed will greatly improve the services of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.

Software engineering consideration in the design and implementation of electronic patients information management system (E-PIMS) for University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH)

International Resource News-September 6, 2016--Puma Energy delivers first cargo of bitumen to terminal located in Calabar

Puma Energy delivers first cargo of bitumen to terminal located in Calabar

The building in Calabar, the capital of Cross River state, was under reconstruction at the time of the blast, and several workers suffered severe burns from the flames.

Explosion At Central Bank Of Nigeria Office

Over the following years, Genesis Energy turned its at- tention to gas-to-power pro- jects, notably generating sta- tions in Nigeria at Calabar Free Port Zone and at Port Harcourt.

Benin - Lighting up Benin

Other dining outlets in the hotel, including Neos, Cut by Wolfgang Puck, Calabar, and Zeta, remain closed.

First restaurant reopens after NYE fire in Dubai

Over the following years, Genesis Energy turned its attention to gas-to-power projects, notably generating stations in Nigeria at Calabar Free Port Zone and at Port Harcourt.

Lighting up Benin: Genesis Energy's $190m project will build two gas-fired power stations to provide the equivalent of nearly one third of Benin's current electric power supply capacity

She has been on Norvasc (amlodipine) at University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) since October 2014.

SUDDEN DEATH DUE TO PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM IN AN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENT WITH LARGE LEIOMYOMATA: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE

This paper focuses on the Carnival Calabar Queen pageant, highlighting how pageants, at the nexus of gender and the nation, are sites of social reproduction by creating feminine ideals.

'Be graceful, patient, ever prayerful': negotiating femininity, respect and the religious self in a Nigerian beauty pageant

There is only one tertiary health facility, the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) located in Calabar, the capital city, which provides specialist care to the entire population.

A rapid need assessment survey of anaesthesia and surgical services in district public hospitals in Cross River State, Nigeria

The area of study is the University of Calabar (UNICAL), in Cross River State, located in the Niger Delta region, within the southsouth geopolitical zone of Nigeria.